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Trust Yourself and Choose Your Own Adventure

Guest(s): Gravity Goldberg and Chandra Joseph-Lacet
Date: 10/04/2023
Run time: 01:01:27
Season 1, Episode 8

In this episode Gravity Goldberg and Chandra Joseph-Lacet discuss how teachers need to trust first, and the confidence and competence will come. Don't roll up that carpet just yet, know that you have it in you to be a great teacher.

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Gravity Goldberg

Gravity Goldberg is an international educational consultant and author of eight books on teaching. Mindsets & Moves (Corwin Literacy, 2015) put her on the world stage with its practical ways to cultivate student agency, leading to speaking engagements and foreign translations of her work. She has almost 20 years of teaching experience, including positions as a science teacher, reading specialist, third grade teacher, special educator, literacy coach, staff developer, assistant professor, educational consultant, and yoga teacher. Gravity holds a B.A. and M.Ed. from Boston College and a doctorate in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is the founding director of Gravity Goldberg, LLC, a team that provides side-by-side coaching for teachers.

Chandra Joseph-Lacet

Chandra Joseph-Lacet has been in the field of education for the past 28 years in a variety of capacities, including Classroom Teacher, Special Education Teacher, Literacy Coach, Special Education Coordinator, and Assistant Principal. Currently, Chandra is a New Teacher Developer with the Boston Public Schools where she works with novice teachers and other teacher mentors to support and elevate new teacher practice. At her core, Chandra firmly believes that just as every student deserves high-quality teachers, every teacher deserves high-quality coaching and support for continued growth and development.

Carol Pelletier Radford

Carol Pelletier Radford is the founder of Mentoring in Action, an organization dedicated to the success of novice teachers and their mentors. She received her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she focused her studies on mentoring and teacher leadership. Carol is an experienced classroom teacher, university education administrator, and certified yoga instructor. She is the author of bestselling Corwin books Mentoring in Action: Guiding, Sharing, and Reflecting With Novice Teachers; The First Years Matter: Becoming an Effective Teacher; Teaching With Light: Ten Lessons for Finding Wisdom, Balance, and Inspiration; and "When I Started Teaching, I Wish I Had Known..." Weekly Wisdom for Beginning Teachers.

Visit https://mentoringinaction.com/ to learn more about her books and access free podcasts, videos, and courses. You can find her near the beach in Falmouth, Massachusetts and Venice, Florida.